Statistical tools for linkage analysis and genetic association studies.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A classification of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) with prognostic relevance has primarily relied on clinical features and histologic classification as either embryonal or alveolar RMS. The PAX3-FOXO1 and PAX7-FOXO1 gene fusions occur in 80% of cases with the alveolar subtype and are more predictive of outcome tha...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Arnold MA,Barr FG

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the emergence of new viral infections, it is necessary to set up new target-specific assays, based on existing molecular techniques such as real-time PCR, as quickly as possible. Without these diagnostic tools, the geographical spread of new infections, follow-up of the disease outbreak and analysis of the pathog...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Pas SD,Koopmans MP,Niedrig M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciphering the cellular and molecular interactions that drive disease within the tissue microenvironment holds promise for discovering drug targets of the future. In order to recapitulate the in vivo interactions through molecular analysis, one must be able to analyze specific cell populations within the context of t...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Espina V,Heiby M,Pierobon M,Liotta LA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite numerous technical hurdles, the realization of true personalized medicine is becoming a progressive reality for the future of patient care. With the development of new techniques and tools to measure the genetic signature of tumors, biomarkers are increasingly being used to detect occult tumors, determine the ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Guzzetta AA,Pisanic Ii TR,Sharma P,Yi JM,Stark A,Wang TH,Ahuja N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bipolar disorder is a chronic and disabling mood disorder with a complex pathophysiological basis. A significant percentage of patients do not receive correct diagnosis which directly influences therapeutic response, rendering recovery troublesome. There is a long-standing need for proper non-clinically ba...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Teixeira AL,Salem H,Frey BN,Barbosa IG,Machado-Vieira R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several biomarkers associated with spontaneous preterm birth (PTB) have been discovered over the last decade. Many of these markers, such as cytokines, are associated with infection and inflammation. As such, these biomarkers represent biologically plausible candidates for assessing those at risk of PTB. However, in t...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Williams SM,Velez DR,Menon R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are increasingly recognized for their potential utility in cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Emerging technologies in the past decade have allowed possible isolation and characterization of CTCs in the peripheral blood of cancer patients, including immunomagnetic technique coupled with imm...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Cho WC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 protease has a broad and complex substrate specificity, which hitherto has escaped a simple comprehensive definition. This, and the relatively high mutation rate of the retroviral protease, makes it challenging to design effective protease inhibitors. Several attempts have been made during the last two decades t...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rögnvaldsson T,You L,Garwicz D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is becoming increasingly clear that the herpes simplex viruses (HSVs) 1 and 2 constitute a major, global, public health problem, particularly as genital herpes is implicated in the causation of a significant percentage of onwards transmission of the HIV virus. A major factor in the transmission of HSV is that most ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ryan C,Kinghorn G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Presage(®) ST2 Assay (Critical Diagnostics, CA, USA) is an in vitro diagnostic device that quantitatively measures soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) in serum and plasma by ELISA. This assay is US FDA approved and is indicated to be used in conjunction with clinical evaluation as an aid in assessing th...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Mueller T,Dieplinger B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: This review concerns biomarkers of blood activation and their measurement in plasma, as described in the literature up to 2019, and from our personal experience. How their measurement can be informative and useful, for research studies or for diagnostic applications, is presented and discussed.Areas cove...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Amiral J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fine needle aspiration (FNA) with cytologic examination remains the standard of care for investigation of thyroid nodules. However, as many as 30% of FNA samples are cytologically indeterminate for malignancy, which confounds clinical management. To reduce the burden of repeat diagnostic testing and unnece...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Moore MD,Panjwani S,Gray KD,Finnerty BM,Zarnegar R,Fahey TJ 3rd

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The particular reasons for the relative lack in development of point-of-care (PoC) diagnostics in a business context were discussed in our sister journal, Expert Review of Medical Devices, over 2 years ago. At that time, it could be seen that the concept of PoC testing was being revisited for at least the fifth time i...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Huckle D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular investigation of lung cancer has opened up an advanced area for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of lung cancer patients. Gene alterations in cancer initiation and progression provide not only information on molecular changes in lung cancer but also opportunities in advanced therapeutic regime by...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Li CM,Chu WY,Wong DL,Tsang HF,Tsui NB,Chan CM,Xue VW,Siu PM,Yung BY,Chan LW,Wong SC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an inherited metabolic disease with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. The disease is caused by a partial deficiency of porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) in heme biosynthesis. Since biochemical measurements of patients and their healthy relatives overlap, the diagnosis o...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Kauppinen R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin melanoma, a life-threatening disease, has a recently reported worldwide increase in incidence, despite primary prevention. Skin melanoma statistics emphasize the need for finding markers related to the immune response of the host. The mechanisms that are able to over-power the local immune surveillance comprise m...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Neagu M,Constantin C,Tanase C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has emerged as a powerful new tool to identify human fungal pathogens and has radically altered the diagnostic mycology workflow at many medical centers around the world. Areas covered: While most experience is with...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Walsh TJ,McCarthy MW

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular genetic testing involves DNA analysis using various methods for the purpose of diagnosing genetic disorders. In the prenatal DNA diagnostic setting, fetal DNA is usually tested for a specific single-gene disorder for which the fetal risk is 25% or more. In contrast, cytogenetic testing is often used to detec...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Roa BB,Pulliam J,Eng CM,Cheung SW

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The antimicrobial aspect of management of patients with blood stream infections (BSI) and sepsis is time critical. In an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance, rapid detection and identification of bacteria with antimicrobial susceptibility is crucial to direct therapy early in the course of illness. ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Poole S,Kidd SP,Saeed K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of oncology, clinical molecular diagnostics and biomarker discoveries are constantly advancing as the intricate molecular mechanisms that transform a normal cell into an aberrant state in concert with the dysregulation of alternative complementary pathways are increasingly understood. Progress in biomarke...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ong FS,Das K,Wang J,Vakil H,Kuo JZ,Blackwell WL,Lim SW,Goodarzi MO,Bernstein KE,Rotter JI,Grody WW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Big Data technologies instilled an informational perspective to our understanding of the world. However, fundamental issues such as the management and storage of data can create privacy concerns. Heterogeneous types of data pose challenges in reproducibility and standardization. It is now an opportunity ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Wong YKE,Lam KW,Ho KY,Yu CSA,Cho WC,Tsang HF,Chu MKM,Ng PWL,Tai CSW,Chan LWC,Wong EYL,Wong SCC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: We analyzed the correlation between heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (HFABP) and the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with sepsis and estimated the predictive capacity of HFABP for sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SAKI). Methods: In this retrospective observational study, we ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Jiang D,Shen M,Yuan X,Wang M,Li S,Jiang W,Zhou Z,Xi P,Wang T,Shen Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain optical conditions permit the unaided eye to detect thickness changes on surfaces on the order of 20 A, which are of similar dimensions to monomolecular interactions between proteins or hybridization of complementary nucleic acid sequences. Such detection exploits specific interference of reflected white light...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Jenison RD,Bucala R,Maul D,Ward DC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Introduction of targeted therapeutics into clinical practice has created major opportunities for further development of the molecular diagnostics industry. Emerging genomic and proteomic technologies and information are now resulting in the molecular subclassification of disease as the basis for diagnosis, prognos...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ross JS,Ginsburg GS

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the fluorescent protein microarrays applied to neurodegenerative disorders, a major health problem in our aging society. Biomarker discovery studies and work on new diagnostic tests are both included. Three platforms are described: antibody planar microarrays, comprising an array of well-defined...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Cretich M,Sola L,Gagni P,Chiari M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapidity, simplicity, and portability are highly desirable characteristics of tests and devices designed for performing diagnostics at the point of care (POC), either near patients managed in healthcare facilities or to offer bioanalytical alternatives in external settings. By reducing the turnaround time ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Bissonnette L,Bergeron MG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miniature optical sensors that specifically identify low concentrations of environmental and biological substances are in high demand. Currently, there is no optical sensor that provides identification of the aforementioned species without amplification techniques at naturally occurring concentrations. Recently, it ha...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Haes AJ,Duyne RP

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs regulate target gene expression through translation repression or mRNA decay, and they are emerging as important modulators in cellular pathways. Previous studies have shown the occurrence of epigenetically modified miRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC), identifying these miRNA methylation signatures may provide...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Cho WC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indeterminate thyroid lesions are diagnosed in up to 30% of fine needle aspirations. These nodules harbor malignancy in more than 25% of cases, and hemithyroidectomy or total thyroidectomy has therefore been advocated in order to achieve definitive diagnosis. Recently, many molecular markers have been investigated in ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Keutgen XM,Filicori F,Fahey TJ 3rd

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Thousands of genes are implicated in spermatogenesis, testicular development and endocrine regulation of testicular function. The genetic contribution to male infertility is therefore considerable, and basic and clinical research in the last years found a number of genes that could potentially be used in ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ferlin A,Dipresa S,Delbarba A,Maffezzoni F,Porcelli T,Cappelli C,Foresta C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00